char

Meanings

Noun

• a charred substance
• a human female employed to do housework
  • "the char will clean the carpet"
• any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus

Verb

• burn to charcoal
  • "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"
• burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
  • "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"

Synonyms

blacken, charr, charwoman, cleaning lady, cleaning woman, coal, scorch, sear, woman